I'm looking forward to the changes in the mission system due with 2.1, and apologies if this has already been suggested and is being built into the mission system:
BACKGROUND:
Decided to run a mission of a type I'd not seen before, the secure delivery type (I think) which did not have an obvious timer, just a "target", an NPC name.
Picked it up, faffed, checked contacts whenever entering a new system to see if the target was going to pop up.
After wandering around the systems near to where the mission had been given for about 20 minutes I then visited a RES and hung around there for half an hour. On leaving the RES I checked my transaction tab and noticed an update to the delivery mission, now with a system name, a timer and an ideal time to pop into the system.
Short and boring story; visited system with 9 minutes to spare, failed mission. Ho hum, not really bothered about failing and non-appearance of NPC "target", more annoyed that update was missed.
SUGGESTION:
My suggestion is that when the missions are formulated, just eight words added to the mission description on the bulletin board could've prevented my minor frustration: "Keep an eye on your transactions for updates". Alternatively, a marker on the transactions tab when an update is received (similar to the Communications section) would have been just as useful.
Hope this helps, and sorry again if this has been suggested hundreds of times already!
BACKGROUND:
Decided to run a mission of a type I'd not seen before, the secure delivery type (I think) which did not have an obvious timer, just a "target", an NPC name.
Picked it up, faffed, checked contacts whenever entering a new system to see if the target was going to pop up.
After wandering around the systems near to where the mission had been given for about 20 minutes I then visited a RES and hung around there for half an hour. On leaving the RES I checked my transaction tab and noticed an update to the delivery mission, now with a system name, a timer and an ideal time to pop into the system.
Short and boring story; visited system with 9 minutes to spare, failed mission. Ho hum, not really bothered about failing and non-appearance of NPC "target", more annoyed that update was missed.
SUGGESTION:
My suggestion is that when the missions are formulated, just eight words added to the mission description on the bulletin board could've prevented my minor frustration: "Keep an eye on your transactions for updates". Alternatively, a marker on the transactions tab when an update is received (similar to the Communications section) would have been just as useful.
Hope this helps, and sorry again if this has been suggested hundreds of times already!